i think there is a very little chance it will be taken. but, at least i tried. === i have been complaining about Growth Boost: what Skool does, how Skool does it, and everything in between. as you know, i have been now officially called "GB hater". however, i am not that person. i am not a complainer. i know that it is easy to criticize, and hard to build. i proposed that Skool creates a monthly report similar to what Podmatch does for Podcasters. i love that report. from start to end. it's transparent. it's honest. it gives you real data. if Skool could produce something similar on industry or even ONLY for communities on Skool, it would mean: - more transparency - more trust - more loyalty i offered to help create and produce such report monthly. cause i am tired of hearing a sample of "5 communities who crushed it this week". it does not help me at all. i also have a secret thought that when they see the data, they think about the whole GB differently. your bet - will they accept it?

bit late this week. yet, i am doing it 💪🏻 hope you appreciate it with your like or comment. btw, i am officially called "growth boost hater" and "a failure"... more on this below. also, i am not going through all the praise of GB and Skool of the week - cause i consider it an anecdotal evidence and survivorship bias. === New Features: - reviews are now sorted by Top by default. that means, if you have a shitty recent review, it will go down to the very bottom. now, ppl can still sort by "recent". yet, reviews will go to the top if - they have more text, more stars, and more months inside the community. I LIKE IT. - NEW Growth Tab - showing you what level of GB you are on and what ads are running for you. now you get way better visibility into what is going on and how much budget/ads you are getting. you can also see the requirements for getting to the next level. HOWEVER, there are still bugs and errors, so, even if you get to lvl whatever, you might not get what they promise - read below - NEW GB algorithm is picking up the new about page image/text/ pricing. which is good. I LIKE IT. IMPORTANT: right now, free or freemium or even low ticket groups DO NOT get any budget. (Sam said it on the call with a few ppl). so, don't get too excited with levels. === The Way I See It - i have been on a private call with Sam.. so, some comments comes from it. however, it was somewhat a controversial call where we (ppl who have concerns) were called "haters" and we were told that "ppl who are successful and making money love GB". so, implicitly, we were called loosers and those who don't understand how affiliate/internet/ online marketing works. - i think, Skool is focusing on "money makers" - large communities, with $$$ per month, who already drive lots of traffic. they are piggy-backing on them to benefit from affiliate commission (cause with the large traffic/large sign up numbers you don't notice the misattribution, do you?) - small communities - free or freemium, forget it.. at least for now. Sam said he MIGHT reconsider.. but you are at the mercy of him/them/they - small communities - paid, you might get some, but only if you do a lot on your end (see levels requirements)

i can't believe it's Wed again. oh, well. it is. so, the Skool News are out. and here is the good, the bad and the ugly about it. let's get started. === the good: - Skool is working on Live Calls v2 - great improvements are under way: better quality, stability, performance, chat, etc. it's great news. let's see when it's out - i would love to use Skool live calls more - hopefully, it increases events attendance + group activity. - more payment methods are coming - also good. some ppl like to pay PayPal or smth else, not the credit card. so, hopefully, increases conversion/decreases resistance to paid. - Global search and Global Calendar are in process. both are great features. let's hope they come soon. Growth Boost UPDATE - for those who use it - v2 should be out this week. with this version: - ads are dynamic - so, if you change cover image, pricing, whatever, changes are reflected in the ads within 1 hour (very ambitious goal) - you should get a dedicated campaign with 10 images if you have 100 clicks and 1 paid sign-up over the last 30 days. this looks realistic. - partnership ads have a dedicated tab in your settings - GROWTH - you can see if you are eligible or not. still no transparency about YOUR efficiency score vs what score you must have, cause they say it will make you focus on the wrong thing 🤔 no comment === the bad: - they keep saying that they spend $5k per day on some campaigns. promises, promises, promises... no clarity for how many ppl? who are those ppl? what are their efficiency score? what's our efficiency scores? so, again, it's a BLACK BOX situation. === the ugly (truth): - Skool of the week... i usually don't watch - cause it's often "survivorship bias" or "lottery winners". both have no significance or learnings to my business or yours. but i did this time. and surprise-surprise , the first Skool of the week is Dr. Izzy Sealey, "who is making $4,419 MRR and it's only a few weeks old group - very new" - how cool is that 🤩 ?!

the major part of yesterday's Skool news was on Growth Boost (sigh). so, i am not going to share a summary - if you are interested in what they are saying, check the recording in the Vault here. === i am still here to give the Axe Verdict. but let's hear from other Skoolers first. very respected one. here is someone, who has been on Skool for a while / been successful: "My latest growth boost observations...Idk about the rest of you, but I wish they had never started it at this point. I haven’t watched today’s Skool News to hear the latest, but I feel over the whole experiment...I have gone up and down on it several times, but it really does feel like a huge distraction." and then this comment, from someone who is really successful and many of you know: "It's built for the few and it will benefit the few. For the rest of us, it's just a distraction." finally, the last drop, yesterday i invited someone to speak at the Community Clinic 2.0 - more on this to come. she was not a member here. and while we were talking over DMs, she joined from the profile. big mistake , i know - just kidding, it is not on her. but now, i have to pay Skool 50% from $9. well, i can survive that. but still not fair. === what do i think? i think, they are trying to help Skoolers - in their minds. i think, here is what they could have done instead: - introduce efficiency score transparency, so community owners can see how effective they are + share advice/suggestion on what to focus on. - introduce "Deep research" feature to help community owners improve what they are doing. - and whatever else they are doing to improve Growth Boost -- offer it to us as extra paid service. all those features could be at extra cost per month. i would pay for it. for sure. instead, right now: - ppl going paid, when it does not make any sense. - we have to trust/gamble to get results without any visibility of what is going on. - we are blackmailed into using Growth Boost or we loose features we thought are inherent

this Friday, we have Launch vs Evergreen model debate. totally free, fun, and i think very much needed. honestly, i have not decided what side i will be on, cause i think both work, but it depends 🤦🏻‍♀️ yet, i need an opponent: - pick your side - send me DM if you want to defend it - or send me a suggested opponent it's should be either smth that worked for you or your clients. and will be willing to share details! not just words.